Islam Encountering Globalization; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Islam encountering globalization: an introduction; 2 West encountering Islam: Islamophobia reconsidered; 3 Muslim encounters with new media: towards an inter-civilizational discourse on globality?; 4 Reimagining the Ummahl Information technology and the changing boundaries of political Islam; 5 Islam and human rights in the age of globalization; 6 The culture and politics of human rights in the context of Islam; 7 The globalization of rights in Islamic discourse
8 The World Cup and Iranians' home-coming': a global game in a local Islamicized context9 Globalization and the underdeveloped Muslim world: a case study of Pakistan; 10 Tradition versus ideology as a mode of political communication in Iran; Bibliography; Index
Summary
One of the greatest dilemmas facing Muslims today is the fact that Muslim culture is often seemingly incompatible with the culture of the modern Western world, and the features associated with it - technological progress, consumerism, and new electronic communication, all of which have the potential for a homogenizing effect on any culture. This book explores many key aspects of the globalisation process, discussing how Muslim countries are coping with globalisation, as well as considering how the West is responding to Islam
